“For sailors who love the wind” – Quote by Eduardo Galeano
“For sailors who love the wind, memory is a good port of departure.”
Eduardo Galeano
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Character and Experiences – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
You cannot control your own population by force – Noam Chomsky
“You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.”
Noam Chomsky
H. L. Mencken Quote on Marriage and Men
“No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.”
H. L. Mencken
Quote on Government and Politics by Harry Browne
“Once we realize that government doesn’t work, we will stop dreaming that this or that social problem can be solved by passing a law – or by creating a new government program – or by electing someone who will make Washington more efficient or cost-conscious.”
Harry Browne
Self-Care and Health Care – Quote by Ivan Illich
“Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.”
Ivan Illich
Egoism is the Very Essence of a Noble Soul – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Walter Lippmann: The Opposition Between People and Big Business
“The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.”
Walter Lippmann
Irony of Social Responsibility – Quote by Noam Chomsky
“It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.”
Noam Chomsky
Quote by H. L. Mencken on Success, Failure, and Morality
“The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.”
H. L. Mencken